Somerset Archaeological
and Natural History Society
Archaeology Programme Archive 2004
Past Archaeology Programmes 2003
SANHS Archaeology Committee programme for 2004
Saturday
27th March 2004
'ADDING TO THE ROMAN MOSAIC' - RECENT RESEARCH IN SOMERSET
Speakers at this day conference will include Dr. David Neal FSA, Bob Croft
and others to be arranged.
Venue: Stanchester School, Stoke sub Hamdon
Admission: £5, students £2.
Tea, coffee & biscuits, but not lunch, provided.
Contact Betty Cloke in SANHS office to book.
Wednesday
19th May 2004
THE FORTIFICATION OF CREECH ST MICHAEL IN WORLD WAR
II
A two hour walk around Creech St Michael to view some of the Taunton Stop
Line fortifications. 'I Spy' competition for children. See newsletter for
more details.
Leader: David Hunt
Meet at: The Bell, Creech St Michael (ST 272257 - car park available)
Cost: £2.50 (children free)
17th July
- 1st August 2004
SOMERSET ARCHAEOLOGY FORTNIGHT
Family events & activities.
For several years, the Council for British Archaeology has organised a National
Archaeology Weekend. In Somerset. Museums are invited to stage special displays;
individuals or organisations organise walks, site-visits andftalks.
Fortnight Co-ordinator: Eddie Mills, Peat Moors Centre, Shapwick Road, Westhay,
Glastonbury, BA6 9TT (Tel. 01458 86 0697).
17 Saturday GEOPHYSICS DEMONSTRATION St. John's
Churchyard , Yeovil 10am - 2pm A demonstration of Geophysical techniques and
the opportunity to try them out in person, at no charge. Organised by Yeovil
Archaeological and Local History Society. For further details contact Duncan
Black on 01458 223674 or e-mail duncanblack@tiscali.co.uk
17 Saturday UPPEROW FARM EXCAVATION OPEN DAY
Upperow Farm, Hemington Site open for participation, refreshments and displays.
Organised by Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society. For further details
contact Jayne Lawes on 01761 431741, or e-mail Jayne_bacas@tiscali.co.uk
17 Saturday PORLOCK BEACH WALK Porlock Weir Car
Park (SS864478)12.30pm Guided walk looking at the submerged Mesolithic forest,
Bronze Age and early Medieval Archaeology. Stout Footwear required.Organised
by the Exmoor National Park Archaelologists. For further details contact Jessica
Cowley 01398 322289 or e-mail jcowley@exmoor-nationalpark.gov
17 Saturday FINDS SURGERY North Somerset Museum
Burlington Street, Weston-Super-Mare11am -3pm Please book a 20 minute slot
in advance to meet Kurt Adams, Finds Liaison Officer for Avon and Gloucestershire.
This event is free to those who booking. (There is normally an admission charge
to the museum.) For further details contact Jane Hill on 01934 621028 or e-mail
jane.hill@n-somerset.gov.uk
17 Saturday BRIDGWATER WALKABOUT Meet King's
Square War Memorial.2.30pm A guided tour illustrating Bridgwater's history
led by Chris Sidaway and David Baker. All welcome.Organised by Bridgwater
and District Archaeological Society
18 Sunday BEGINERS BASKET MAKING Peat Moors Centre,
Westhay, Glastonbury. 10am-4.30pm £35. Participants will be instructed
in the basic skills of this ancient craft and will walk away with a tray that
they have made themselves! Led by Ivor & Joyce Hancock Maximum 4 students.
Also, DIG FOR HISTORY! A range of activities
for every budding Indiana Jones and Lara Croft including our mock peatland
excavation. For further details call the Wardens on 01458 860697 or e-mail
peatmoorscentre@somerset.gov.uk
19 Monday GUIDED TOUR OF NORTH SOMERSET MUSEUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL
GALLERY North Somerset Museum Burlington Street, Weston-Super-Mare2-3pm
Please book in advance. Please note there is an admission charge to the museum.
Accompanies children are free. For further details contact Jane Hill on 01934
621028 or e-mail jane.hill@n-somerset.gov.uk
20 Tuesday CHERT Charterhouse Centre, near Blagdon
10am - 12.30pm. Join the local volunteer members of the Charterhouse Environs
Research Team, led by North Somerset archaeologist Vince Russett, on their
regular Tuesday morning excursions undertaking a range of field work - surveying,
drawing and identifying landscape features. Meet at Charterhouse Centre wearing
stout shoes and warm clothes. Bring your own coffee or tea if you need it.
No charges For further information contact Ron Penn on 01934 842367 or e-mail
ronpenn@ukonline.co.uk
20 Tuesday ROMAN HANDLING TABLE North Somerset
Museum Burlington Street, Weston-Super-Mare2-4pm Led by museum volunteers.
No booking required. Please note there is an admission charge to the museum.
Accompanies children are free. For further details contact Jane Hill on 01934
621028 or e-mail jane.hill@n-somerset.gov.uk
22 Thursday BRASS RUBBING North Somerset Museum
Burlington Street, Weston-Super-Mare2-4pmNo booking required. Please note
there is an admission charge to the museum. Accompanies children are free.
For further details contact Jane Hill on 01934 621028 or e-mail jane.hill@n-somerset.gov.uk
23 Friday A WALK ROUND EAST NYNEHEAD Nynehead
Memorial Hall (GR 146230)6pm. A walk to look at 2000 years of landscape history.
On and off road with some stiles.Organised by Nynehead and District Local
History Society.
24 Saturday SOMERSET FLINT DAY Wells and Mendip
Museum, Cathedral Green For half a million years prehistoric man used flint
tools on Mendip. Come along and hear how they were made, how they were used,
why they changed and finally went out of fashion. Watch an expert flint knapping.
Bring along your finds of flints or other archaeological items for identification
by experts.Programme 10.30am -12.30pm Admission for morning Only £4
and £2 concessions.Speakers include Roger Jacobi, Chris Norman, and
Jodie Lewis discussing the use of flint and stone in the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic,
Neolithic and Bronze age periods in the region.2.00pm to 4.30pm Admission
freeFlint knapping demonstration by independent archaeologist Martin Green.Identification
and recording of flints and other finds with Elaine Howard-Jones, Finds Liaison
Assistant with the Portable Antiquities Scheme for Somerset and Dorset. Organised
by SANHS Archaeology Committee. For further information please call Barry
Lane, Secretary on 01749 or email barry.j.lane@btopenworld.com
24 Saturday & 25 Sunday CORACLE MAKING Peat
Moors Centre, Westhay, Glastonbury.10am-4.30pm See students being instructed
in the art of building an Ironbridge Coracle. (All the places on the course
have been booked up for months!) For further details call the Wardens on 01458
860697 or e-mail peatmoorscentre@somerset.gov.uk
25 Sunday BEACON HILL WOOD WALK Beacon Hill,
Shepton Mallet 2.30pmA walk through the wood to see the archaeological earthworks
led by Peter Leach.Organised by The Beacon Society , contact Peter Banks on
01749 860396 or e-mail peter@banks749.fsnet.co.uk
25 Sunday BURRINGTON COMBE CAVES WALK Meet at
the car park opposite the 'Rock of Ages'Burrington Combe2-5pm £2. A
guided walk including Aveline's Hole and Reads Cavern led by Chris Richards,
Museum Research Assistant. Sensible footwear and clothing required as there
is rough ground and one steep incline. No dogs. Not suitable for young children.
Organised by North Somerset Museum Service. For further details contact Jane
Hill on 01934 621028 or e-mail jane.hill@n-somerset.gov.uk
26 Monday UNLOCKING SOMERSET'S HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT
Priorswood Library An exhibition and demonstration of Online access to archaeological
information in Somerset.
27 Tuesday CHERTCharterhouse Centre, near Blagdon
10am - 12.30pm Join the local volunteer members of the Charterhouse Environs
Research Team, led by North Somerset archaeologist Vince Russett, on their
regular Tuesday morning excursions undertaking a range of field work - surveying,
drawing and identifying landscape features. Meet at Charterhouse Centre wearing
stout shoes and warm clothes. Bring your own coffee or tea if you need it.
No charges. For further information contact Ron Penn on 01934 842367
27 Tuesday ROMAN HANDLING TABLE North Somerset
Museum Burlington Street, Weston-Super-Mare2-4pm Led by museum volunteers.
No booking required. Please note there is an admission charge to the museum.
Accompanies children are free. For further details contact Jane Hill on 01934
621028 or e-mail jane.hill@n-somerset.gov.uk
27 Tuesday UNLOCKING SOMERSET'S HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT
Dulverton Library An exhibition and demonstration of Online access to archaeological
information in Somerset.
HAWKCOMBE HEAD OPEN DAY Hawkcombe Head nr. Porlock
(SS844457)11am - 3pm This is the third season of excavation of the site at
Hawkcombe Head. A large collection of flint tools have been recovered from
the site, which are diagnostic of the late Mesolithic period. There is evidence
of a clay floor, hearths and post-holes indicating a temporary structure on
site that was frequently visited by hunter-gatherers during the period. The
excavation forms part of the Hawkcombe Head Landscape research strategy of
the ENPA. The field School is funded by the Widening Participation Office
at the University of Bristol and gives 'A' level students a unique hands-on
experience of fieldwork and excavation prior to applying to university. The
students are supervised by postgraduates from the Dept. of Archaeology at
Bristol. Organised by the Exmoor Summer School. For further details contact
Jessica Cowley 01398 322289 or e-mail jcowley@exmoor-nationalpark.gov
29 Thursday UNLOCKING SOMERSET'S HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT
Langport Library. An exhibition and demonstration of Online access to archaeological
information in Somerset.
29 Thursday BRASS RUBBING North Somerset Museum
Burlington Street, Weston-Super-Mare2-4pm No booking required. Please note
there is an admission charge to the museum. Accompanies children are free.
For further details contact Jane Hill on 01934 621028 or e-mail jane.hill@n-somerset.gov.uk
30 Friday UNLOCKING SOMERSET'S HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT
Somerset Rural Life Museum, GlastonburyAn exhibition and demonstration of
Online access to archaeological information in Somerset.
31 Saturday BRONZE AGE AXE DAY COURSE Peat Moors
Centre,Westhay, Glastonbury.10am - 5pm £45. Bookable in advance. The
popularity of this course never wavers! Once again we are offering the opportunity
for you to make and decorate your own early bronze age flat axe instructed
by Neil Burrridge. Maximum of 10 students. For further details call the Wardens
on 01458 860697 or e-mail peatmoorscentre@somerset.gov.uk
1 Sunday LUGHNASA SKILL FAIR Peat Moors Centre,
Westhay, Glastonbury. 10am-4.30pm A celebration of the ancient Celtic festival
of First Harvest with demonstrations of a range of craft activities. The festival
takes it's name from The Celtic god Lugh who was said to boast that he could
turn his hand to any craft. Being mortal, our crafts people will probably
only demonstrate one at a time! The Centre's new roundhouse will also be under
construction. For further details call the Wardens on 01458 860697 or e-mail
peatmoorscentre@somerset.gov.uk
Saturday
24th July 2004
SOMERSET FLINT DAY
Stone tools in the Stone Age
Venue: Wells & Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green
10.30am to 12.30pm Admission for morning only £4 and £2 concessions.
Speakers include Roger Jacobi, Chris Norman and Jodie Lewis discussing the
use of flint and stone in the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze
Age periods in the region.
2.00pm to 4.30pm Admission free.
Flint knapping demonstration by independent archaeologist Martin Green.
Identification of flints and other finds with Elaine Howard-Jones, Finds Liaison
Assistant with the Portable Antiquities Scheme for Somerset & Dorset.
For further information please call Barry Lane, Secretary 01749 870457 or
e-mail barry.j.lane@btopenworld.com
For half a million years prehistoric man used flint tools on Mendip. Come along and hear how they were made, how they were used, why they changed and finally went out of fashion. Watch an expert flint knapping. Bring along your finds of flints or other archaeological items for identification and dating by experts.
Speakers include Roger Jacobi, Chris Norman and Jodie Lewis discussing the use of flint and stone in the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in the region.
Flint knapping
demonstration by independent archaeologist Martin Green.
Identification and
recording of flints and other finds with Elaine Howard-Jones, Finds Liaison
Assistant with the Portable Antiquities Scheme for Somerset & Dorset.
For further information
please call Barry Lane, Secretary of SANHS Archaeology Committee 01749 870457
or e-mail barry.j.lane@btopenworld.com